Are Certified Supply Chains More Socially Sustainable? A Bargaining Power Analysis

Muller Paul, Böhm Michael, Csillag Péter, Donati Michele, Drut Marion, Ferrer-Pérez Hugo, Gauvrit Lisa, Gil Jose M., Hoang Viet, Malak-Rawlikowska Agata, Mattas Konstadinos, Orachos Napasintuwong, Nguyen An, Papadopoulos Ioannis, Ristic Bojan, Stojanovic Zaklina, Aron Torok, Tsakiridou Efthimia, Mario Veneziani and Bellassen Valentin
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Muller Paul: BETA, CNRS - University of Lorraine – University of Strasbourg & INRAE, Nancy, France
Böhm Michael: ECOZEPT, Freising, Germany
Csillag Péter: ECO-SENSUS Research and Communication, Szekszárd, Hungary
Donati Michele: University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Drut Marion: CESAER, AgroSup Dijon, INRAE, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 21000 Dijon, France
Ferrer-Pérez Hugo: Centre for Agro-Food Economy & Development, UPC-IRTA, Castelldefels, Spain
Gauvrit Lisa: ECOZEPT, Freising, Germany
Gil Jose M.: Centre for Agro-Food Economy & Development, UPC-IRTA, Castelldefels, Spain
Hoang Viet: University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Malak-Rawlikowska Agata: Warsaw University of Life Science, Warsaw, Poland
Mattas Konstadinos: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Nguyen An: University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Papadopoulos Ioannis: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Ristic Bojan: University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Stojanovic Zaklina: University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Tsakiridou Efthimia: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Bellassen Valentin: CESAER, AgroSup Dijon, INRAE, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 21000 Dijon, France
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Hugo Ferrer Pérez

Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, 2021, vol. 19, issue 2, 177-192

Abstract: Food quality schemes (FQS: organic and geographical indication products) are often supposed to be more sustainable by their political advocates. We explore the social sustainability advantage of FQS through the lens of supply chains’ bargaining power (BP) distribution. We propose an indicator synthesizing different sources underlying BP (competition-based, transactional, institutional) and counting two dimensions (fair BP distribution and adaptation capacity), that we apply to 18 FQS supply chains and corresponding reference. FQS perform better than their reference products on both dimensions. This better performance is due to a combination of sources.

Keywords: bargaining power; market power; transaction costs; institutions; social sustainability indicator (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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